192 COMPLETE PEERAGE ardglass hence became known as " Walsingham's man " ; (*) Sheriff of co. Sligo in 1583, but did not assume the peerage (to which he was apparently, in 1580, entitled), nor did any of his descendants, who were seated in Castle Lacken, CO. Mayo, down to the middle of the i8th century. He was accidentally killed in 1591, since which time the peerage has remained dormant. ARDES See " Montgomery of the Great Ardes, co. Down," Viscountcy [I,] (Montgomery), cr. 1662 ; extinct 1757. ARDFERT i.e. " Crosbie of Ardfert, co. Kerry," Viscountcy [I.] {Crosbie), cr. 1771 ; extinct, with the Earldom of Glandore [I.], 1 815 ; see "Brandon," Barony [I,], cr. 1758 ; extinct 1832, under 2nd Baron. ARDFRY See " Wallscourt of Ardfry, co. Galway," Barony [I.] {Blake), cr. 1800. ARDGLASS EARLDOM [1.] I. Thomas Cromwell, only s. and h. of Edward, I i(..r y^ Lord Cromwell, by his 2nd wife, Frances, da. of 43- William Rugge, of Norfolk, was b. 1 1 June 1594, and, having sue. his father as Baron Cromwell 24 Sep. 1607, was on 22 Nov. 1624, cr. VISCOUNT LECALE in Ulster [I.], and, continuing firmly attached to the King during the Civil War (for whom he commanded a Regiment of Horse [1.]), was fr,, 15 Apr. 1645 (privy seal at Oxford 7 Jan. 1644/5), EARL OF ARDGLASS [I.]. He subsequently made his peace with the Pari., paying C^^So for his "delinquency." He m. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Meverell ("), of Throwleigh and Ham, co. Stafford, 1570, matric. at Oxford (Magd. Coll.) 9 Feb. 1587/8, aged 17 ; he was admitted to the Middle Temple, 30 Oct. 1594, as " s. and h. of John Bourke of Tireawly, Kt., " and was J. P. for co. Mayo 1598. Another s., Walter B. of Belleky in Tyrawley, called " Kittagh " (left-handed), m. a da. of ( — ) O'Donnell of Tyrconnel, and was father of Theobald B., who by the influence of O'Donnell was declared the " MaclVilliam " in 1 595, which style had, however, been interdicted by the Government. After defeating the English, in 1596, under Sir John Norris, he was himself shortly after defeated and attainted. He fled to Spain, and was cr., by Philip II of Spain, Marquis of Mayo, a dignity which expired on the death of his s., Walter Bourke, s.p. C) State Papers [I.]. () He d. 5 Feb. 1627/8, and Elizabeth, his widow, d. 5 Aug. 1628, both being i>ur. at Blore, co. Stafford.
